In focus: Entire museum moved on rolling bars

The Yellow River Museum was secured onto rolling bars and rail tracks this week, marking the beginning of its relocation in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. The museum is having to be moved due to new subway construction. When it came to moving the building several plans were proposed. It was finally decided that the main museum building would be carefully moved in its entirety. Meanwhile, to smaller wings will be dismantled and re-built in the new location. The main building has been systematically uprooted and will now be gently rolled to its nearby new location. Every beam, girder, window, brick and wall panel used in the two wings has been numbered so that they can be re-built exactly.

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The Yellow River Museum was secured onto rolling bars and rail
tracks this week, marking the beginning of its relocation in
Zhengzhou, Henan Province. The museum is having to be moved due to
new subway construction. When it came to moving the building
several plans were proposed. It was finally decided that the main
museum building would be carefully moved in its entirety.
Meanwhile, to smaller wings will be dismantled and re-built in the
new location. The main building has been systematically uprooted
and will now be gently rolled to its nearby new location. Every
beam, girder, window, brick and wall panel used in the two wings
has been numbered so that they can be re-built exactly.